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some of them written by the late ambassador chris stevens. start back in june. this is a few months before his death. writing that islamic extremist appears to be on the rise in eastern libya. the al-qaeda flag spotted several times flying over government buildings and training facilities. the government of libya until they are able to effectively deal with the key issues the violence is likely to continue and worsen. august 8, month before his death, benghazi moved from trepidation to euphoria and back. as a series of violent incident dominated the political landscape. the individual incidents have been organized. islamist extremist are able to attack the red cross with relative immunity. we have seen not the random crimes of opportunity but targeted and discriminated attack. attackers are unlikely to be deterred until authorities are as capable and then on september 11, just hours before he's murdered, he writes that there are growing problems with security. there are growing frustration with the libyan security forces. that they are unable to keep the country
some of them written by the late ambassador chris stevens. start back in june. this is a few months before his death. writing that islamic extremist appears to be on the rise in eastern libya. the al-qaeda flag spotted several times flying over government buildings and training facilities. the government of libya until they are able to effectively deal with the key issues the violence is likely to continue and worsen. august 8, month before his death, benghazi moved from trepidation to euphoria...
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ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were murdered, a turkish broadcaster announced the arrest of two tunisians and called them suspect in the case. u.s. officials swiftly contacted them and they had no report on the action, they had an explanation why the fbi took so long to visit the so-called crime scene. >> we were working with the government of libya to obtain permission for the fbi team and the dod support team to travel there. we did seek over flight for them permission as well as for landing of aircraft and we worked to get them the appropriate visas, so we've been working through all of these perm metations. >> that the perpetrators may have different nationalities or fled to far-flung countries exposes the myriad difficulties the fbi faces in hunting down the killers. >> and the intelligence operation and the way in which globalization helps because we can check passports more quickly, we can figure out which may be fraudulent and which may be associated with suspect terrorists. >> the state department panel led by former u.s. ambassador thomas pickering held a
ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were murdered, a turkish broadcaster announced the arrest of two tunisians and called them suspect in the case. u.s. officials swiftly contacted them and they had no report on the action, they had an explanation why the fbi took so long to visit the so-called crime scene. >> we were working with the government of libya to obtain permission for the fbi team and the dod support team to travel there. we did seek over flight for them...
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they are unable to find stevens. by 11:00 the libyan forces say they can no longer hold the perimeter. american agents carrying smith's body exit the main gated. they head for the annex about a merely away. the crowd fires upon them and throws two grenades under their vehicle. they take direct fire from ak-47. despite heavy damage to their vehicle they keep rolling. they hit more traffic and busy benghazi neighborhood. it careens over a middle divide ear and finally makes it to the annex and again hope for safety. sometime after midnight, they enter the building and find the body slumped on the floor. they don't know who he is. they drag him out through a window. his eyesed eyes are dazed. someone is breathing. the crowd is cheer. allah akbar, god a great. >> and ambassador stevens is brought by car here to the benghazi medical center where they try to resuscitate him for 45 minutes. he died of severe aphysical yiax >> the battle is on again. fighters hitting the place with ak-47 fire forcing those inside to retreat
they are unable to find stevens. by 11:00 the libyan forces say they can no longer hold the perimeter. american agents carrying smith's body exit the main gated. they head for the annex about a merely away. the crowd fires upon them and throws two grenades under their vehicle. they take direct fire from ak-47. despite heavy damage to their vehicle they keep rolling. they hit more traffic and busy benghazi neighborhood. it careens over a middle divide ear and finally makes it to the annex and...
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. >> did you have a close relationship with ambassador tore stevens? >> i worked with him for months from the time he went on there to the time he left. >> no one knows more the full extent of the fiasco that killed stevens. he worked closely with stevens for 6 months in libya before his violent death. a 24 year u.s. special forces veteran, wood's job was to try to prevent such an attack from occurring. >> does it make you mad? >> that was my first reaction when i heard ambassador stevens had been killed. i was angry. >> why did you come forward? >> i was had at the hub of everything going on there some of the information needs to come forward. >> we begin our story in the winter of 2011 a year before wood arrives in libya. colonel moammar khaddafy is in power in tripoli. they are gaining rocontrol over much of libya. february 25th the u.s. state department withdraws all of its personnel from the capital. but six weeks later april 5th, 2011, it sends stevens with a 12 man team by charter boat to benghazi now under rebel control. as special representati
. >> did you have a close relationship with ambassador tore stevens? >> i worked with him for months from the time he went on there to the time he left. >> no one knows more the full extent of the fiasco that killed stevens. he worked closely with stevens for 6 months in libya before his violent death. a 24 year u.s. special forces veteran, wood's job was to try to prevent such an attack from occurring. >> does it make you mad? >> that was my first reaction when i...
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steven craig is political science professor at the university of florida. larry sabato runs the university of politics a it the university of virginia. thank you for being here. first, start with you, david, in iowa. the real clear politics average of the latest polls has president obama up 2 points. it looks like it's closing there. what is the situation on the ground? >> closer than two points. obama is narrowly ahead and romney is closing. republicans are doing better job on absentee ballots than before. democrats always dade good job on that. that is why romney is closing. this race feels like 2000, 2004. gore won by four votes per press cinct. president bush in 2004 won by ten votes per precinct. this is ground game. tv is music now. not having impact. it's who will get out the last few people to go vote. >> bret:stei steven, in florida, the real clear average of latest polls have romney up three points over president obama. it seems in recent days the state has been trending republican. >> it has been. for period of time, the president was able to mai
steven craig is political science professor at the university of florida. larry sabato runs the university of politics a it the university of virginia. thank you for being here. first, start with you, david, in iowa. the real clear politics average of the latest polls has president obama up 2 points. it looks like it's closing there. what is the situation on the ground? >> closer than two points. obama is narrowly ahead and romney is closing. republicans are doing better job on absentee...
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about ambassador chris stevens. "the ambassador walked guests out at 8:30 p.m. or so. this is the night of the attack on 9/11. there was nobody on the street. this is about the possible protests before the attack. "there was nobody on the street" according to the call with two senior state department officials. at 9:30 p.m. they saw on the security cameras at the consulate that there were armed men invading the compound. again no, protests, no spontaneous protests. there were armed men invading the compound. everything is calm at #:30 p.m. nothing unusual there. had been nothing unusual during the day outside. all day. and then the attack. again, this contradicts directly what was said by the u.n. ambassador, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, susan rice. and it contradicts essentially what the administration had been saying for five days after we reported that intelligence officials had within 24 hours that this was a terrorist attack. this comes ahead of committee hearing tomorrow on capitol hill where a house oversight committee will start calling witnesses.
about ambassador chris stevens. "the ambassador walked guests out at 8:30 p.m. or so. this is the night of the attack on 9/11. there was nobody on the street. this is about the possible protests before the attack. "there was nobody on the street" according to the call with two senior state department officials. at 9:30 p.m. they saw on the security cameras at the consulate that there were armed men invading the compound. again no, protests, no spontaneous protests. there were...
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it suggests that stevens and others are there. we know thatsteins is not there but others had gone there to the annex. it's hit by mortar fire. as catherine herridge reported yesterday, mortars indicate terrorists, because it is sophisticated. another very important development here. keep it here on "special report." more on this developing story when we return. >> bret: one of the charges you'll hear a lot in the final days of the campaign is romney moved to the center to attract undecided and independent voters. chief national correspondent jim angle looks at whether that's true. >> one of the most remarkable things for many in the last debate is how much romney seemed to agree with the president. >> i believe the president indicated and said at the time i supported his action there. i don't blame the administration, that was something i concurred with. >> governor romney, i'm glad that you agree. >> similar records argued some, democrats to argue romney moved to the middle as the election neared. >> what happened to win a repub
it suggests that stevens and others are there. we know thatsteins is not there but others had gone there to the annex. it's hit by mortar fire. as catherine herridge reported yesterday, mortars indicate terrorists, because it is sophisticated. another very important development here. keep it here on "special report." more on this developing story when we return. >> bret: one of the charges you'll hear a lot in the final days of the campaign is romney moved to the center to...
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. >> a month after the murder of chris stevens and three other americans house committee is set to hear testimony this week by the american security officers to tell congress the pleas for the enhanced safety measures in libya in days leading up to 9/11 were rebuffed by the higher-ups at the state department in washington. >> my understanding that there were requests made and the requests were denied. >> that tracks with the account offered to cbs news today by the former head of the u.s. special forces team in libya. >> so all the experts on the ground are telling headquarters at the state department we need this. the answer kept coming back as -- >> you've got to do with less. for what reasons i don't know. >> the f.b.i. was on the ground there a week ago, to get as much information as we can. we need to learn from the information. >> official in charge of all personnel fax silty and operation worldwide is under secretary of state for management patrick f. kennedy, highly regarded ziller is vant who has been in the post since 2007. fox news learned that on the evening of september 12,
. >> a month after the murder of chris stevens and three other americans house committee is set to hear testimony this week by the american security officers to tell congress the pleas for the enhanced safety measures in libya in days leading up to 9/11 were rebuffed by the higher-ups at the state department in washington. >> my understanding that there were requests made and the requests were denied. >> that tracks with the account offered to cbs news today by the former head...
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. >> steven ratter in says political fixes are wrong. he headed the auto task force to oversee the g.m. and chrysler bail-out and he tells fox news we had lots of conversation whether to require g.m. top off all the pensions. it was not easy to decide where to draw the line. >> ratner says the uaw had to be in factories if the g.m. bail-out would work and they drew the line at topping off the delphi uaw pension. bret? >> bret: steve, thank you. latinos are the second fastest growing race group. they will be even bigger and a bigger factor in every election to come. here is chief national correspondent jim angle. >> vice president biden told a radio interviewer from univision that only he and the president recognize the importance of latino voters. >> we have a lot of people who don't pay attention the lay te know vote; particularly, in the other party, realizing that is a political force. >> the president told the des moines register if he wins a second term, it will be because, "the republican nominee and the republican party have sold
. >> steven ratter in says political fixes are wrong. he headed the auto task force to oversee the g.m. and chrysler bail-out and he tells fox news we had lots of conversation whether to require g.m. top off all the pensions. it was not easy to decide where to draw the line. >> ratner says the uaw had to be in factories if the g.m. bail-out would work and they drew the line at topping off the delphi uaw pension. bret? >> bret: steve, thank you. latinos are the second fastest...
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muddies the waters or not over the weekend, one thing is clear the cables that went up from ambassador stevens himself about the rise of islamic extremenism his concern about security in benghazi. even on the day that he died hours before he died, we're clear we reported to them on friday. i want to get to one other topic; that is, iran. charles, over the weekend, take a listen to this back and forth about the "new york times" story that said the u.s. was sitting down one-on-one with iran. >> i think it's a clear indication, the regime, president obama put together with israel and many nations around the world is putting pressure on iran to sit down and finally acknowledge they cannot have a nuclear weapon. do the right thing and stop progress toward nuclear weapon. four years closer to it. what the president tried has not worked. >> charles, the white house backed away from the story. a-1 in the "new york times." what is your take on it? >> it's ridiculous. assuming it eat true and the white house is deny the calculated leak. pressure is working to make iran sit down. iran has been sitting fo
muddies the waters or not over the weekend, one thing is clear the cables that went up from ambassador stevens himself about the rise of islamic extremenism his concern about security in benghazi. even on the day that he died hours before he died, we're clear we reported to them on friday. i want to get to one other topic; that is, iran. charles, over the weekend, take a listen to this back and forth about the "new york times" story that said the u.s. was sitting down one-on-one with...